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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

March 4, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday, March 4th. Day 63 of 2022

It’s National Grammar Day ! Grammer, around here ? Please !

Today is Marching Band Day ! The Marching Cougars Rock !

Happy Dress in Blue Day !

1634: The first tavern opens in Boston and everybody knew your name

1789: Congress puts our Constitution into effect. It must be protected

1837: The city of Chicago is incorporated

1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States. He utters the imortal line “We have nothing to fear but fear itself”

1966: In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles’ John Lennon declares that the band is “more popular than Jesus now”

1985: The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations

1998: The Supreme Court rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.

In the News: Fire burns some acres on Thursday in Hiddenite…9 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday in Alexander County…Three candidates file for office on Thursday, deadline is noon today…Taylorsville woman facing charges…False Bomb threat at Catawba County school…N Wilkesboro Police search for suspected Child Molester

Weather: Cooler today. High 58-60. Air stays very dry

Sports: Cougar Baseball opens season with Big Win !…State Basketball Regional Finals are Saturday…UNC at Duke in Coach K’s Cameron Farewell Saturday night…Cans go down in DC…NASCAR in Vegas

Happy Birthday: Paula Prentiss, Chris Rea, Emilio Estefan, Peter Jacobsen, Catherine O’Hara, Patricia Heaton, Ray Boom Boom Mancini, Patsy Kensit, Chaz Bono, Whitney Port

You should know this https://apnews.com/article/europe-mexico-caribbean-forensics-4248edf042a13cce16801d58ee6ffea2

Russians continue to pound Ukraine https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-world-war-ii-europe-military-facilities-5b105b30af83b8c67e6ef854b611faca

Quote of the Day: “I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong”… Bertrand Russell

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